Word PlayBurma Shave
For those who never saw the Burma shave signs, here is a quick lesson
in our history of the 1930s and '40's. Before the Interstates, when
everyone drove the old 2 lane roads, Burma Shave signs would be posted
all over the countryside in farmers' fields. They were small red signs
with white letters. Five signs, about 100 feet apart, each containing 1
line of a 4 line couplet and the obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma
Shave, a popular shaving cream. Here are more of the actual
signs:

Trains don't wander
All over the map
'Cause nobody sits
In the engineer's lap.
Burma Shave

She kissed the hairbrush
By mistake
She thought it was
Her husband Jake .
Use Burma Shave

Don't stick your arm
Out the window too far
It might go home
In another car!
Burma Shave

DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT.
Burma Shave

DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
IS NOT AMUSING.
Burma Shave